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  • Title: Pins and plaster treatment of comminuted fractures of the distal end of the radius.
    Author: Green DP.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Am; 1975 Apr; 57(3):304-10. PubMed ID: 1123381.
    Abstract:
    The technique used in the treatment of seventy-five patients with severely comminuted, often intra-articular fractures near the wrist was as follows- Pins were inserted through the metacarpals and proximal part of the ulna, reduction was done, and the pins were incorporated in a cast from elbow to knuckles. This allowed movement of the fingers and the elbow. The main complications - loss of radial length and pintract infection - are avoided by attention to technical details. Of the patients with adequate follow-up, 86 per cent had good or excellent results.
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